A dengue fever patient Hanafiah ,4, lays on the bed shortly before she die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004. At least 4,500 people in six provinces have been hospitalized with dengue fever since the beginning of the year, with 92 deaths as of Wednesday. The government has ordered extraordinary measures to contain the virus, including ordering hospitals to accept all patients with dengue symptoms.

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A dengue fever patient Hanafiah, 4, lays down as a nurse puts an oxigen mask to her mouth shortly before she die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004. At least 4,500 people in six provinces have been hospitalized with dengue fever since the beginning of the year, with 92 deaths as of Wednesday. The government has ordered extraordinary measures to contain the virus, including ordering hospitals to accept all patients with dengue symptoms.

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An Indonesian mother Komariah (C) cries shortly after her daughter Hanafiah (not in picture) who get dangue fever die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004. At least 4,500 people in six provinces have been hospitalized with dengue fever since the beginning of the year, with 92 deaths as of Wednesday. The government has ordered extraordinary measures to contain the virus, including ordering hospitals to accept all patients with dengue symptoms.

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An Indonesian mother Komariah (C) cries shortly after her daughter Hanafiah (not in picture) who get dangue fever die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004. At least 4,500 people in six provinces have been hospitalized with dengue fever since the beginning of the year, with 92 deaths as of Wednesday. The government has ordered extraordinary measures to contain the virus, including ordering hospitals to accept all patients with dengue symptoms.

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A father cries near his daughter's body Hanafiah ,4, who get dengue fever shortly after she die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004.Indonesiaës latest outbreak of dengue fever has claimed more than 1,000 lives during the 2003/2004 rainy season, matching the dengue death toll in 1998 when 1,414 people died from the mosquito-borne virus whose favourite host is human beings. The dengue virus, of which there are four known strains, is transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito and thrives in humans, especially the urban variety living in tropical zones such as Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central America. Indonesia, where all four strains have been found, has coped well with this rainy seasonës dengue outbreak in terms of providing treatment for dengue patients, as is borne out by the data. Out of 53,744 reported cases of dengue between January 1 to April 12, only 632 people died, a case/fatality rate of some 1.2 per cent.

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A father cries near his daughter's body Hanafiah ,4, who get dengue fever shortly after she die at Tarakan Hospital in Jakarta 18 February 2004.Indonesiaës latest outbreak of dengue fever has claimed more than 1,000 lives during the 2003/2004 rainy season, matching the dengue death toll in 1998 when 1,414 people died from the mosquito-borne virus whose favourite host is human beings. The dengue virus, of which there are four known strains, is transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito and thrives in humans, especially the urban variety living in tropical zones such as Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central America. Indonesia, where all four strains have been found, has coped well with this rainy seasonës dengue outbreak in terms of providing treatment for dengue patients, as is borne out by the data. Out of 53,744 reported cases of dengue between January 1 to April 12, only 632 people died, a case/fatality rate of some 1.2 per cent.